Method of siruping fruit in cans



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J. A. TAYLOR. Method of S-iruping Fruit in Cans.

No. 233,895. Patented Nov. 2,1880.

Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. TAYLOR, OF EAST HAMBURG, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF SIRUPING FRUIT IN CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,895, dated November2, 1880.

Application filed April 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES A. TAYLOR, of EastHamburg, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements on a Method of Filling Fruit-Cansand I do hereby declare that the following description of my saidinvention, taken in connection with the accompanyingsheet of drawings,forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to a new method of fillingfruit-cans; and its object is the prevention of the cans fromoverflowing, and to otherwise facilitate the siruping and bathing of thefilled cans previous to their being sealed, substantiallyin the manneras hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed outin the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate myinvention more fully, Figure l is a front elevation of a fruit-can,partly in section, to expose the interior parts. Fig. 2 is a detachedview of the stopper employed in the dipping of the cans, and Fig. 3 1s alongitudinal sectional elevation of a modifled form of the same.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

A represents the usual tin or other can used for the packing of fruit,"egetables, and other perishable eatables for preservation. It isprovided with a common top, B, and a bottom, 0.

These cans are generally only partly filled with the fruit, 850., andthen dipped into the sirup vats or bath to be fully packed. In thisprocess of dipping, the sirup, rushing into the cans, has a tendency tolift or float the contents of said cans out of the same, thereby notonly necessitating aftenfillin g, but at the same time coloring thesirup, and thus to render the same almost, if not entirely, useless forother kinds of fruit. In packing berries, for instance, which have adark-colored juice, these berries rising will color the sirup to such anextent as to precludeits being used for any other fruit except thatparticular kind of the same by which it was colored. This coloringeither compelled the manufacturer to preserve (No model.)

the sirup for futureuse with the same kind of fruit, or to throw itaway, thereby entailing a considerable loss upon the manufacturer. Toavoid this serious objection and loss I have invented a peculiar methodof and means for dipping and packing said fruit-cans, consisting,essentially, in first partly filling the cans with fruit, then closingthe fillin g-openin gin the can with a perforated temporary stopper, andthen dipping the cans into the sirup-bath. This temporary stopperconsists, essentially, of a flange, D, to which is fixed a metallicbasket, E, of either woven wire or perforated sheet metal, it beingmade, preferably, proportionately heavy,.so that the rising fruit cannotlift the same out of the filling-opening in said cans, or it may, if itbe so desired, be tempo rarily affixed to the top of the can for theobject stated.

It will now be readily observed that, the stopper being placed into thefilling-aperture of said can and the latter dipped into the sirup-bath,the fruit within the can cannot rise higher than up to the stopper,whereby the overflowing of the fruit from the cans is absolutelyprevented, while the sirup is not in the least prevented from readilyflowing into and filling the can.

It will thus be seen that by the introduction of a temporary stopper, asdescribed, into the filling-aperture of said cans, which stopper is tobe removed as soon as the cans come out of the dipping-bath, thetroubles and drawbacks in fruit-canning hereinbefore recited have beenpositively overcome.

It is perfectly evident that the stopper may be made in any desirableform and size, and of any suitable metal or materialsuch as rubber,tin,.wire, &c.-without changing the nature of my invention.

I am well aware that perforated or basketshaped strainers or vesselsconsisting of perforated or woven material have been in use for cookingand steaming fruit, potatoes, or other vegetables for many years. I do,therefore, lay no claim to such a device, nor do I, in fact, claim anyparticular or peculiar construction for my temporary stopper, sincethis, as already stated, may be varied at pleasure without departingfrom my'invention'.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure to me by filling them with, sirup,substantially in the Letters Patent of the United States manner as andfor the object specified. 10 The method of filling fruit-cans forpreseri In testimony that I claim the foregoing as "ation hereinbeforedescribed,consisting, esmy invention I have hereto set my hand in 5sentially, in first partly filling said cans with the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

the fruit, then placing atemporary perforated Attest: J. A. TAYLOR.

stopper in the filling-hole in said cans, and MICHAEL J. STARK,

then dipping them into and thus completely FRANK HIRSOH.

